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ROTARY CLUB:
DEVELOPMENT OF
CHINA'S
AIR POST: INTERESTING TALK BY MR. E. DENISON
GENERAL
"RAINBOW PASS" PREVIEWED
Stars Hongkong Chinese
short film
Many of the fine features of The story of the development of aental transport over Chinese life ste vividly shown, in China, where surface transport has not been sufficiently Rainbow Pass," a developed, was told to members and guests of the Hong-which will be released shortly by kong Rotary Club at their weekly tiffa at the Hongkong M.G.M. with "Out West With The Hotel yesterday, by Rotarian Ellery Denison who com-Hardys." bined the subject with philately to present it in an absorb- ingly interesting manner.
Before Introducing the san Air Post providing enough At Moscow speaker, Dr. Arthur Woo, the postage was affixed. president, called upon the the German Air Post took over and past president, Mr. W. N. flew the mail to Berlin. This plan was scrapped and the authorities Thomas Tan, who has just tried to establish an air rolite to returned to Hongkong from a Europe via Tihwa in Sinklang. world tour, to say a few words This too, was unsuccessful due to on his experiences.
local disturbances in Sinkiang and Mongolia. •
Mr. Tan said that he had visited the headquarters of Rotary in Chicago and had attended a meet- ing of the Queen Mary. He did not have time to devote himself very much to Rotary activities when abroad.
He was glad to be back and particularly to see the club flourish in the present manner.
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REALLY RARE STAMPS
Portrayed on the background of a Chinese stage, the Alm reveals
the
through the medium of the players an insight into real Chinese life. The story itself deals with history of the Sul Dynasty when China was thrown into tarmolt by powerful warlords who swept the country.
:
who returned from America only yesterday morning, was able to at- tend the local preview of the which he plays the stamps picture in
lead.
The principal actor in the pic- ture is a Hongkong Chinese, Mr. James Zeemin Lee, who is a brother, of Mr. Li Chor-chi, of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corpora- Here we encounter one of China'stion. By a coincidence. Mr. Lee.
When the really rare stamps.
ihwa-Nanking line was starting there were no air stamps at Tihwa the postmaster overprinted 30 some ordinary postage with two characters Hang Kung, MR. DENTSON'S ADDRESS
meaning aerial. "Only a few of Mr. Denison said, in parti- them exist and they are extremely Vast Chins has been and is altare and there are many forgeries
around country Ideally suited to illustrate what can be done in the way ci
In 1936, the Ministry of Com- air development, and hence the munications arranged connections airmail. For various reasons sur- With Air France for a quick route The CN face transport has not been greatly to Europe and beyond. "developed. Business men in wide-A.C. was awarded the contract to ly separated areas, can by airmail carry mall to Hanoi, communicate with each other in hours instead of days or weeks.
The carriage of malls has been the first consideration in air ex- pansion
The Arst and undoubtedly the rarest, airmail attempt was an experimental flight by Bri- tish interests using a Hendley Page machine, between Peiping and Tientsin on May 7, 1920. The return flight took place the same day. Covers bear interesting cachets to the effect that the mall was dis- patched by aeroplane and also received by aeroplane.
AIRPOST STAMPS
A PROTEST
The S.W.A.C. authorities then woke up and protested heartily against the C.N.A.C. flying in its territory. The company boasted a fine record, claiming also that their Mr. Liu had thought of the scheme and it had been turned down.
Between inclement weather on Fridays, the day of the scheduled weekly flights, and the Kwangtung Government's refusal to give per- mission. the Inaugural flight Was postponed weekly the contract being ultimately awarded to the S.W.A.C.
Meanwhile the mail awaited in
A year later on July 1, 1921, an Canton Bitter indeed were letters airmall service was established by to the newspapers from Shanghai the postal authorities between business men whose mail was in Shanghal and Pelping. "Appro- Canton, and the whole affair was priate cachets were used of several most entertainingly ventilated in varieties for the various post the press. But the early bird did not ofces.
get the worth.
Mr. Lee was, until recently. technical adviser to the studios in the preparation of Hollywood in pictures on China. a "Rainbow a Chinese Pass" he shows how mentally visualises a Chinese stage the One play. and brings out characteristics of Chinese life in
it.
PROPOSAL TO RAISE TAXI FARES
NO REPLY YET
TO PETITION
No definite reply has been re- ceived from the Government to the petition of local taxi companies for permission to increase fares necessitated by higher Detral Prices
It is learned that the taxi com- panies have
to been requested subraft their records for perusar before a decision is made as to whether the petition will be grant- ed or rejected.
TENTATIVE PROPOSAL The tentative proposal of the
The most important thing about The British RAF, doing a good, this flight was the first appear will flight finally came to the re- ance of Chinese airpost stamps.scue of the mail and Air Com-taxt operators is to increase the The design is familiar to you all.modore Sydney Smith kindly con- being a bi-plane in the centre sented to carry the European mall with the great wall and its towers, to Singapore, which he did. in the background.
What must have been an ex- tremely useful service to the bus- iness men of Pelping, was started In August of that year. This was a weekly service to Pel-tai-ho Beach, leaving every Friday morn- ing and returning every Monday morning.
OCEAN FLIGHT
However from this delay emanated one of the most in- teresting and complete records of aero-philately I have seen. Souvenir map envelopes were prepared by the C.N.A.C. and these bave a special Canton cancellation of February 14,
· 1936. plus other chops.
EXCELLENT HISTORY
Of great interest as the first
China's airmail history of seven- ocean flight. was that between teen years, I count only from 1820 Shanghai and Japan by Major to 1937, is excellent considering Francesco de Pinedo of the Italian the difficulties to be overcome in Royal Air Force on his flight from official inertia, lack of equipment. Italy via-Australia to Japan and aerodromes, money and the un- return.
settled-polltical situation,
the first nine
In
years. the
NEW TRANSPARENT Shanghal to Japan he carried a groundwork was lald but from 1929
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On his flight in April 1925 from
small parcel of seventy letters all onwards with a stable progressive of which were chopped. "First Air-government and under well or- mall, China-Japan."
Incidentally these covers are prized not only by China collec- tors but by international ones because of the fame of the aviator and as a record of one of this various fight through- out the world.
DIRECT AIR MAILS
ganized companies, thousands of miles of airlines were opened. My notes for 1936 and 1937 are filled with proposed routes most of which had to be abandoned with the outbreak-of-the-war-with- Japan.
Today less than 2,000 milles are in operation but when peace comes the widespread industrial develop- What appears to be Hongkong's ment of China promises an ever first experience with direct air-expanding field to the happy col- malls was the result of Von lector of great records of great Gronau's round the world flight in events.
1932. He started from the island of Sylt, Germany, flying to Chicago and then across to Japan and
SPEAKER THANKED
Rotarian Dalton, in proposing China. From Shanghai to Manila, the vote of thanks, said that the vla Hongkong, he carried a few subject of air mail was rather un- letters and as I said, those he interesting. but Mr. Denison had brought to Hongkong were brot cleverly-turned-it-froin-an-uniin- ably the first to arrive here by air. teresting to an exceedingly inter-
Since 1929, the airpost develop-esting one.
ment of China under the Ministry He had great pleasure in thank- of Coummunications has been ing Mr. Rotarian Denison on be- performed by three operating half of himself, members and companies.
guests present for the interesting The C.N.A.C. the Eurasia and and instructive talk Southwestern Aviation Company. The visiting Rotarians present Amongst them they serve all were, Mr. James M. Henry of Dan China, The CN.A.C. held mail ton, Mr. J. J. Wiequink also of rights along the Yangtze, north to Canton and Mr. 8, Q. Au of Feiping and south along the coast Swatow.
to Canton.
The guests present were:-Messrs We find the Eurasia north of the H., G. Wallington, W. Stewart, F. Yangtze, interested in establishing A. Howard, J. J. Gutterres, C. D' a direct route to Europe
Almada, C. C. A. Gibbs, George The Southwestern Aviation Cor-Buchanan, N. E. Van de Stadt and poration operated only in Kwang-A. J. Moss. tung and Kwangsi Provinces and to Hanoi.
The Eurasia Aviation Corpora
The National Government
on
tion's early effort was an air ser- Monday appointed Gen. Han Teh vice to Manchoull where the mail ching. Chairman of the Klangsu connected with the Trans-Siberian Provincial Government, concur
fare from 40 cents per mile to 60 cents per mile,Owing, however, to the inconvenience of accounting for quarter-mile fare in a 50 cent mile, it is suggested that the fare be 50 cents for the first mile and 40 cents for every subsequent me, and 10 cents for each quarter mile thereof.
Some companies, it is learned. desire to increase the fare to 60 cents for the first m'le and 40 cents for each subsequent mile, but the bigger concerns are against this proposal.
AIRPORT NEWS
Imperial Airwäys:
NORTHBOUND
Thursday: Bangkok, Hanoi,
· Hongkong.
Dorado-4 pm.
SOUTHBOUND
Sunday: Hanoi, Bangkok, Denebola-7`am,
Air France"
NORTHBOUND,
Wednesday: France, Handl
Hongkong.
Service-5 p.m.
SOUTHBOUND
Thursday: EHanoi, France
-service-8 sm.
Pan American Airways:
EASTBOUND ·· Wednesday: U. 8. A. Manila,
Hongkong.
Honolulu Clipper-2_pm
WESTBOUND Thursday: Manila, EA Honolulu Clipper-8.30 am.
D NORTHWEST BOUND Services twice a week from Hongkong via Chungking to Ran- goon, carrying mall and passengers are scheduled for C.N.A.C.
Laward services to Hongkong via Chungking will be twice week- ly carrying passengers and mail.
Alleged Soliciting To Commit Murder
The case in which Chan Lo. a married woman, and Li Wo were 'charged with "soliciting to commit a murder," was formally adjourned
to Friday afternoon by Mr. Q., A.
A Macfadyen, at the Kowloon Court yesterday.
The alleged intended victim was Chan's husband, Mak Chi-chuen,
Street.
Railway to Irkutsk and was flown rently Peace Preservation Com-rexiding at No. 82, Tung Chol from there to Moscow by the Rusmander of the province,
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